15th Air Force
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Woodrow W Crockett
Military
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Woodrow Crockett (facing camera, center) & Edward Gleed (right) Fighter pilots with the 332nd FG - March 1945
World War II Tuskegee Fighter Pilots from Arkansas
Woodrow W. Crockett was born in 1918 in Homan (Miller County) and lived in Little Rock (Pulaski County), where he attended Dunbar High School and Junior College before leaving to join the army in August 1940. In 1942, Crockett transferred to the Tuskegee Institute and became an aviation cadet. He graduated and was commissioned as a second lieutenant on March 25, 1943. Crockett served in the 100th Fighter Squadron and the 332nd Fighter Interceptor Group, flying 149 combat missions in fifteen months. He was stationed at McGuire Air Force Base and McCloud Air Force Base in Washington as a member of the Twenty-fifth Air Division, as well as Edmond Air Force Base in California. He was a graduate of the United States Air Force Command and Staff College in Montgomery, Alabama. Crockett later served in the Korean conflict, completing forty-five missions and receiving numerous awards and accolades. Crockett retired after thirty years of military service in 1970 with over 5,000 hours of flight time and 520 combat hours. In 1992, he was inducted into the Arkansas Aviation Hall of Fame and, in 1995, was made a member of the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame.
Service
Units served with
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332nd Fighter Group
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The United States entered World War II with a military that was segregated by race and remained segregated until 1948. War Department planners generally placed White and African-American Army personnel in separate units during World War II. ... -
100th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
Established in February 1942 at Tuskegee Army Airfield, Alabama to train African-American flight cadets graduated from the Tuskegee Institute Army contract flying school. At Tuskegee, the squadron performed advanced combat flying training. As the...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Texarkana, AR 71854, USA | 31 August 1918 |
| Lived in | Little Rock, AR, USA | 1940 |
| Graduated Pilot Training/Commissioned | Tuskegee, AL, USA | 25 March 1943 |
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Class 43-C-SE |
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| Died | Washington, DC, USA | 16 August 2012 |
| Buried | 28 November 2012 | |
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Arlington National Cemetery |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 03 December 2016 21:07:49 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number and events |
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http://www.tuskegee.edu/about_us/legacy_of_fame/tuskegee_airmen/tuskegee... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 03 December 2016 04:23:19 | 466thHistorian | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nickname, nationality, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations, place associations and media associations |
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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=96892982 |
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